tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Jan 11 19:36:47 2004

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Re: QUESTION....

Alan Anderson ([email protected]) [KLI Member] [Hol po'wI']

ja' Quvar:
>Who would buy such a book, the "third klingon book"?

tlhIngan Hol ghoj neHchugh vay', paqvetlh je'qangba'.  puS nuvvam, 'ach
puSlaH paqmey lulInlu'bogh.  waghnISbe' paq ghItlhta'ghach.

>KGT is only useful if you know TKD already, and understand the basics of the
>language.

KGT has more "cultural" information in it than linguistic information.  A
reader won't be able to make use of the language part without already
having at least a beginning knowledge of Klingon first.  However, the parts
about food, weapons, and art are probably good material for anyone
interested in Klingon fandom.

>If there would be another book, what would it be about?
>Culture? we got everything in TKW and KGT.
>Language? That would be boring (for the "average user"), because it would go
>too much into detail, only of use for the "upper class" of Klingonists.
>It should be a book with many (yet unseen) pictures or drawings, so that a
>broad group of startrek fans would enjoy "looking", or "reading" it. Those who
>want to "learn" from it need to have TKD.

Sut.

I think the hypothetical next Klingon work from Pocket Books should be
about Klingon uniforms, casual and formal wear, boots, honor sashes,
jewelry, accessories, etc.  It should include pictures, patterns,
construction hints, fashion tips...and Hoch Delbogh tlhIngan Hol mu'tay'
chu''e'.

>I'm not thinking negative, just realistic.
>(I also want to have more books!!)

As someone who wants more people to learn to read Klingon, the one new book
I believe is *truly* worth having is the one which collects all the
grammatical descriptions.of tlhIngan Hol -- and a lot of examples -- in one
place.  Vocabulary can be in a separate volume.

-- ghunchu'wI'

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